Medical mask diplomacy: The hidden objectives of sending Egyptian aid abroad
At a time when Egyptian doctors and patients have complained about a lack of medical supplies to prevent the novel coronavirus, Egyptian aircraft loaded with aid and medical relief supplies landed in China, Italy, and Britain. Egypt has turned into…
Egypt is a model for extrajudicial killing
Arab media and activists have taken an interest in the story of the Saudi citizen, Abdel Rahim al-Huwaiti, who was killed by Saudi security for refusing to be displaced from his home. But what is the relationship between his death…
Document: Ministry of Health punishes doctors if they are infected with coronavirus
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Comprehensive Health Insurance System issued an administrative publication on the measures that must be taken by the employees of the authority to confront the coronavirus epidemic. The instructions include dividing the…
Documents: Egypt’s Medical Syndicate calls for the publication of a quarantine work protocol
The Medical Syndicate has published an official statement requesting the Ministry of Health announce the protocol of work inside the quarantine hospitals to ensure the safety and financial rights of doctors. In its statement, the union called for clarifying the…
Egypt offers treasury bonds and bills at a total value of EGP 22 bn
The Ministry of Finance has launched treasury bonds and bills at a total value of EGP 22 billion ($1.4 billion). The ministry, through its website, launched 91-day treasury bills, at a value of EGP 8.5 billion ($540 million), with an…
Romania stops wheat shipments to Egypt
Romania has suspended a shipment of wheat to Egypt following the Romanian government’s decision to suspend wheat exports to any country outside the borders of the European Union due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to the International Food and Agriculture…
Tax revenue increased to EGP 366.8 bn in 7 months
Tax revenue increased by 2.6 per cent during the period from July 2019 to January 2020 to reach EGP 366.8 billion ($23 billion) compared to EGP 357.6 billion ($22.7 billion) during the same period in the previous fiscal year. In…
EGP 267.9 bn budget deficit within 7 months
The public budget deficit has increased by EGP 267.992 billion ($17 billion) during the period from July 2019 to January 2020, equivalent to 4.4 per cent of the gross domestic product, compared to EGP 214.203 billion ($14 billion) during the…
Egypt’s White Army: A slogan in the media which is not practiced on the ground
The Egyptian regime has abandoned its financial promises to the medical staff working in quarantine hospitals designated to coronavirus carriers. Medical staff were promised EGP 20,000 ($1,270) as a reward, but the reward has been dropped to almost a quarter…
Workers escape quarantined villages in Egypt to work
Tawfik Ahmed easily managed to climb one of the sides of the ring road (the highway surrounding Cairo) to take a taxi to exit his village al-Moatamadeyah, west of Cairo. No one stopped him, and no one measured his temperature,…
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